Chicago
Anna Sikorski focuses her practice on transactional and corporate matters.
While in law school, served as associate editor of the DePaul Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Anna was a transaction coordinator for a North American real estate investment firm. She holds an Illinois real estate broker license.
- Chicago Bar Association, member
- Women’s Bar Association, member
- DePaul University College of Law, JD, cum laude
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, BBA
- Illinois
- English
Erin Kansy
Los Angeles
Erin Kansy focuses her practice on real estate and real estate finance, and represents private equity funds, banks, real estate companies and REITs in a wide variety of real estate transactions.
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Land Use and Zoning Law (2022-2026), Real Estate Law, 2022-2026
- Southern California NAIOP Young Professionals Group, graduate
- University of Akron School of Law, JD, summa cum laude
- University of Akron, BA, magna cum laude
- California
- New York
Dr. Fabian Appadoo
Munich
Dr. Fabian Appadoo focuses his practice on private equity and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate law. Fabian advises strategic and financial investors on all corporate aspects of domestic, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions as well as on general corporate matters.
Prior to joining McDermott, Fabian worked at an international law firm in the area of corporate law.
- Heidelberg University, Dr. jur. (PhD)
- Higher Regional Court of Munich, Second State Exam
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, First State Exam
- Germany
- German
- English
- French
Jonathan Kim
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Jonathan Kim focuses his practice on civil litigation matters. He has experience assisting in complex commercial, antitrust and employment litigations.
Prior to joining McDermott, Jonathan worked as an associate in a global law firm based in New York, and he clerked for the Honorable Susan D. Wigenton in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey.
While in law school, Jonathan was an Executive Editor for the Harvard Negotiation Law Review.
- Represented a private equity firm against allegations of breach of fiduciary duty in the Delaware Court of Chancery, achieving a successful result at trial*
- Represented a startup company in plaintiff-side lawsuit, alleging antitrust and tortious interference claims *
- Represented a law firm against allegations of discrimination and retaliation by an employee*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
- Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
- University of Pennsylvania, BA, summa cum laude
- New York
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Naré Arshakyan
Paris
Naré Arshakyan focuses her practice on employment law.
She is a French qualified lawyer with experience in the employment aspects of M&A and Private Equity transactions, including diligence processes. She also has experience handling collective redundancies, post-merger integrations and advises clients on employment aspects of large-scale restructurings.
She also represents employers in their in court and out of court proceedings (litigation and settlement negotiations).
In addition, she offers a pragmatic and solution-oriented approach to day-to-day employment issues, including helping employers navigate termination decisions, defending management against off-the-clock work, harassment and retaliation allegations.
Naré has a particular strong background representing clients in the health care and financial services industries.
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law, LLM, Master’s degree in International Law
- Paris 1 Panthéon-Assas University
- Paris
- English
- French
- German
- Russian
Michael Spirk
Frankfurt
Michael Spirk focuses his practice on banking and financing with an emphasis on real estate financing.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Michael worked as a legal assistant for an international law firm in the real estate department. He was also a research assistant for the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament with a focus on commercial and financial topics.
- Palatine Higher Regional Court, Second State Exam
- University of Mannheim, First State Exam
- Germany
- German
- English
- Romanian
Haley M. Caradonna
Dallas
Haley M. Caradonna focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters, including debt finance transactions. Haley represents banks, private equity funds, and companies in all types of secured and unsecured debt financings, including asset-based lending, acquisition financings, health care financings, cross-border financings, senior subordinated debt and mezzanine transactions.
While in law school, Haley served as a judicial extern to the Hon. Stacey G. C. Jernigan of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. She was also editor-in-chief of the SMU Law Review Association Annual Texas Survey. She was admitted to the National Order of the Barristers for her achievements in trial advocacy.
- SMU Dedman School of Law, JD, cum laude
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, BBA, BA, summa cum laude, Commonwealth Honors College
- Texas
- English
- German
Cristell Fortune
Washington, DC
Cristell Fortune focuses her practice on global and domestic employment law matters. Cristell has particular experience in managing complex transactions (including mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings), conducting transactional due diligence, providing clients with strategic advice on potential risks and offering practical, business-oriented solutions.
- Represented Siemens in its $700 million acquisition of Supplyframe*
- Represented CarLotz in its $827 million business combination with SPAC Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp.*
- Represented Sitel Group on its $2.2 billion take-private of Sykes Enterprises*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
- American Bar Association, member
- Association of Black Women Attorneys, member
- LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, member
- Columbia Law School, JD
- University of Amsterdam, LLM
- New York University, BA
- New York
- District of Columbia
- English
- French
- Haitian Creole
Melvin B. Wu
Los Angeles
Melvin B. Wu focuses his practice on complex civil litigation. He has experience in a broad range of arbitration and litigation matters across industries, including – healthcare, life sciences, medical device, financial services, consumer reporting and construction. Melvin has represented clients in cases involving breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition claims among others.
- Represented hospital provider in challenging inappropriately low reimbursements paid by health plans*
- Obtained dismissals of arbitration demands on the basis that the claims were not properly brought before the American Arbitration Association*
- Represented life sciences company and its directors in the defense of a class action lawsuit alleging breaches of fiduciary duty arising out of a merger acquisition*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
- Cornell Law School, JD
- University of California, Los Angeles, BA
- California
- US District Court for the Central District of California
Fadi Mohamed
Miami
Fadi Mohamed focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters.
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD
- University of Alabama, BA, summa cum laude
- Florida
- English
- Spanish